Saturday, January 30, 2016

The USDA’s New Dietary Guidelines Are Out



The USDA updates its dietary recommendations every five years. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans reviewed current research and now give a green light to limited amounts of lean red meat and poultry, whole eggs, shellfish, and coffee.

What's downgraded is added sugar, down from 15 percent of daily calories a day to 10 percent -about 10 or 12 teaspoons (about what's in a can of soda)  . Salt is limited to no more than 2,300 milligrams per day – the equivalent of one teaspoon.

What's out completely are refined grains, processed meats, and eating more than 10% of daily calories from saturated fat.


http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016/01/07/new-nutrition-guidelines-meat-eggs-are-ok-to-eat-after-all-usda-says

http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/

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